Bedroom Apartment Decoration Using Red Flowers

Updated on January 9, 2015

Red Flowers

Red is a powerful and striking color that carries a range of meanings in nearly all cultures. It's the color of blood – which associates with passion, love, and lust. The intensity of the associations makes red an ambivalent decoration choice. If you decorate with red, you are taking some risks.

Decorating with red flowers diminishes the element of risk because flowers are perceived as gentle, fragile organisms; their physical weakness tones down the intensity of the color. The combination of unsteady stature with bright and powerful red – a red flower -- creates a perfectly balanced decorating item that will revive and rejuvenate a quietly arranged bedroom.

Roses, Daisies, Tulips, Poppies...

It matters a lot what flowers you pick:

Red Roses

If you choose to decorate with red roses, the intent becomes a hint
at love, or passionate lovemaking – depending on the strength of
the hues and the condition of the flowers.

Red Daisies

Daisies add a touch of
naivete, and love of communication – daisies are especially
impressive in bouquets.

Red Tulips

Tulips bring a sense of mystery, along with
some practical associations, as they were used as money at some point
in history.

Red Poppies

The most pragmatical choice, however, would undoubtedly
be poppies, the flowers that induce sleep – and hence make a
natural choice for the bedroom.

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Rose

Camelia

Poppies

Daisy

Hibiscus

Posters or Artificial Flowers?

There two main directions you can take
when decorating with red flowers (supposing real flowers are a
problem): artificial flowers, and flower posters and prints. These
are two different elements of room décor, each with its own purpose:
artificial red flowers take up space and create their micro
atmosphere, whereas posters, a form of wall decoration, influence the
bedroom's atmosphere as a whole.

Artificial flowers can be scented,
but they also collect dust. Bright wall decoration can become
visually obtrusive – but it can also be removed, and reused later,
or given way as a present. Eventually, it's a matter of taste.